I'd quite like to see Transformers Revenge of the Fallen, because a film about giant robots smashing the crap out of each other sounds like it should be an awful lot of fun. I don't have to worry about complex plot twists, I don't have to worry about following the dialogue minutely, it should be a perfect summer movie. Don't get me wrong I love ( Read more... )

Further from my last post I mentioned a fossil whale most of you may never have heard of until this morning. Maiacetus inuus "Inuus' Mother Whale", named for the Roman god of fecundity, and important features of the holotype, which I will come to ( Read more... )

The following is adapted from a dissertation I wrote several years ago.

Fossils have been recognised as the remains of living organisms since the time of Leonardo da Vinci and before. At the close of the 18th century the French anatomist George Cuvier developed the idea of extinction, demonstrating that many fossils are not those of modern species. ( Read more... )

No! Just no. You can take some liberties. Just. Not. That. One.

Congratulations, you've just broken Arthurian legend.

Sigh...